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Disability Representation in Film, TV, and Print Media by Michael S. Jeffress (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781003035114
Publication Date: 2021
Using sources from a wide variety of print and digital media, this book discusses the need for ample and healthy portrayals of disability and neurodiversity in the media, as the primary way that most people learn about conditions. It contains 13 newly written chapters drawing on representations of disability in popular culture from film, television, and print media in both the Global North and the Global South, including the United States, Canada, India, and Kenya.
Going Live: The Ultimate Guide to Corporate Event Planning by Darren W. Johnson
Call Number: GT3405 .J64 2017
ISBN: 9780692807897
Publication Date: 2017
Corporate event planning and management is an emerging field of study, and this text includes fifteen educational, interactive, and entertaining chapters describing what it really takes to plan, set up, and execute corporate events.
Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society by Marta Pérez-Escolar (Editor); José Manuel Noguera-Vivo (Editor)
Call Number: P95.54 .H38 2022
ISBN: 9781003109891
Publication Date: 2021
This timely volume offers a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the role of communication in the construction of hate speech and polarization in the online and offline arena. Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts, and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyze misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how we can overcome the risks and threats stemming from the past decade's defining communicative phenomena.
Neuroscience for Organizational Communication by Laura McHale
Call Number: HD30.3 .M353 2022
ISBN: 9811670366
Publication Date: 2022
Organizational communication is at a crossroads and professional communicators and leaders alike need to up their game. In this insightful and practical guide, leadership psychologist Dr. Laura McHale shows how neuroscience can help, surveying the field to reveal the science that is most applicable to organizations and providing an evidence-based approach to dramatically boost the effectiveness and impact of communications.
Rethinking Culture in Health Communication by Elaine Hsieh; Eric M. Kramer
Call Number: R118 .H75 2021
ISBN: 9781119496168
Publication Date: 2021
This book explores the ways in which culture influences healthcare, introducing new approaches to understanding social relationships and health policies as a dynamic process involving cultural values, expectations, motivations, and behavioral patterns, integrating theories and practices in health communication, public health, and medicine to help students relate fundamental concepts to their personal experiences and develop an awareness of how all individuals and groups are shaped by culture.
Supporting the Military-Affiliated Learner: Communication Approaches to Military Pedagogy and Education by Victoria McDermott (Editor); Leandra Hinojosa Hernández (Editor); Amy R. May (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781793618085
Publication Date: 2020
This edited volume challenges the academic community to 1) reevaluate how they support military-affiliated learners (MALs) and address how the military-civilian-academic divide causes disparities and barriers to MAL academic achievement and retention and 2) implement programs and develop strategies to facilitate equitable academic integration from application to graduation.

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